The Daily Brief

August 2, 2023 The Daily Brief

Senegal Slipping

Government Attacks Opposition and Information; From One Human Rights Black Hole to Another; Darfur Dispatch: Attack on Medical Clinic; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Taking a Break; Quote of the Day: LGBT Rights in Lebanon.

Gendarmes are deployed to calm protests after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been detained, in Dakar, Senegal, July 31, 2023.
August 1, 2023 The Daily Brief

We Are All Gardi Sugdub

Seeking Higher Ground in the Climate Crisis; EU Targeted Sanctions on Rwanda; Dispatch from Darfur; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Taking a Break; Quote of the Day: Women in War.

Aerial shot of a small island
July 31, 2023 The Daily Brief

Special Edition: Stop Tiptoeing around Terror in Darfur

What the World Should Do about Darfur Atrocities; Russia: Where Reality Is “Undesirable”; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Taking a Break; Daily Brief in the News: Darfur; Quote of the Day: Human Trafficking.

A woman stands by a tent in a refugee camp
July 28, 2023 The Daily Brief

Outrage and Hope for Niger

In the Wake of the Region’s Latest Coup; Russia’s Refusal to Clarify POW Deaths; Ugandan Torture Victim Wins Court Case; Later Today: Survivors Speak Out on Sexual Violence in Darfur; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Quote of the Day: The US and the ICC.

Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, front center, with a delegation of military officers, appear on Niger State TV to announce their coup on July 26, 2023, in Niamey, Niger.
July 27, 2023 The Daily Brief

Cambodia: Here Comes the Son

A Textbook Authoritarian Move in Cambodia; Remembering a Rights Defender; Stop Politicizing Sex Ed in Brazil; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: Texas; Putin; Quote of the Day: Disability Right.

Hun Manet, front right, a son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, delivers a speech before leading a procession to mark the end of an election campaign of Cambodian People's Party, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, July 21, 2023. © AP Photo/Heng Sinith 
July 25, 2023 The Daily Brief

Italy’s Government Erasing History

When Hate Politics Changes Your Family Records; Russia Tries to Legalize War Crimes; Ethiopia: Release Opposition Leaders; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Climate Crisis.

Protest by the Rainbow Families at the Court of Padua, Padua, Italy, June 23, 2023.
July 24, 2023 The Daily Brief

Mali Massacres and Moscow

More Evidence of Russia’s Wagner in Africa; Where Have India’s Leaders Been?; Hungary on the Anti-Trans Hate Wagon; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Summer Book Recommendations; Quote of the Day: Cambodia.

Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, right, welcomes Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Bamako, Mali, February 7, 2023.
July 21, 2023 The Daily Brief

Everyday Inhumanity in Texas

Horrors on the Border; Lead Poisoning of Children in Zambia; A (Partial) Win for Women Athletes; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Listen: A Second Chance at Life; Summer Book Recommendations; Quote of the Day: St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Guardsmen stand by a river lined with razorwire
July 20, 2023 The Daily Brief

Good News: Putin’s World Is Shrinking

Fugitive from Justice Restricted in Travel; Football’s World Cup and the Fight for Equal Pay; Getting Aid to Northwest Syria; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Summer Book Recommendations; Quote of the Day: Climate Action.

The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.